shoaly

American  

[shoh-lee] / ˈʃoʊ li /

adjective

shoalier, shoaliest

1. full of shoals or shallows.

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Etymology

Origin of shoaly

First recorded in 1605–15; shoal ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Following down the Peace, some shoaly places were met with in the afternoon, the banks being low, sandy and uniform, with open woods to the south.

From Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 by Mair, Charles

A varied and attractive picture this, with the turquoise-blue of the deep water, the purple and leek-green tints of the shoaly and sandy little port, and the tawny shore dotted by six distinct palm-tufts.

From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Wind, rain, roily, shoaly seas breaking clear over the ship across decks drove Cook out from land to deeper water.

From Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

Then the only way we could get off was down over a rough, shoaly slough, where she went like a bucking broncho.

From The Southern Soldier Boy A Thousand Shots for the Confederacy by Elliott, James Carson

Swamps would, perhaps, better describe these shoaly sheets of water, which in summer so swarm with mosquitoes that deer and even the natives sometimes die from their attacks.

From From Paris to New York by Land by De Windt, Harry